Civil War - 1864

The Atlanta Campaign was an 1864 Union offensive into Northern Georgia, led by General William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tennessee. The campaign started when Sherman advanced from the area near Chattanooga, Tennessee, and ended after John Bell Hood evacuated Atlanta. Sherman occupied the city, securing a major Union victory and strengthening President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection campaign.

The Bermuda Hundred Campaign was a failed Union offensive into Virginia in May 1864. General Benjamin Butler and the Army of the James tried to threaten Richmond and cut the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, but Confederate forces under General P. G. T. Beauregard stopped the advance. After fighting at Port Walthall Junction, Swift Creek, Chester Station, Proctor’s Creek, and Ware Bottom Church, Confederate defenses trapped Butler’s army on the Bermuda Hundred peninsula.

Key facts about the Battle of Byram's Ford (aka Battle of Big Blue River), which was fought on October 22, 1864, during the Civil War.

Fought on October 22, 1864, the Battle of Byram's Ford (aka Battle of Big Blue River) was the fifth major engagement during Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864.

The Camden Expedition was a Union advance into southwestern Arkansas that was part of the Red River Campaign (March 10–May 22, 1864). The expedition was a failure, leaving Confederate forces in control of the area. Following some of the battles, black Union soldiers and pro-Union Southerners were massacred by Confederates. In the wake of these atrocities, black troops rallied around the slogan “Remember Poison Springs!”

Early’s Valley Campaign was a Confederate military campaign led by General Jubal Early from June through August 1864. Early’s forces defeated Union troops at Monocacy and threatened Washington, D.C., before Union reinforcements stopped them at Fort Stevens. The campaign ended without a clear winner, but it led General Ulysses S. Grant to send General Philip Sheridan into the Shenandoah Valley to stop Early’s operations.

The Battle of Elkin's Ferry was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America on April 3–4, 1864, during the Civil War and ended in a Union victory. The battle is most well-known as the first engagement of the Union's Camden Expedition.

The Franklin-Nashville Campaign was a Confederate offensive conducted in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee from September 18 to December 27, 1864. General John Bell Hood tried to disrupt Union supply lines and defeat Union forces before they united at Nashville. After failing to stop General John M. Schofield at Columbia and Spring Hill, Hood suffered devastating losses at Franklin before General George H. Thomas defeated his army at Nashville and drove it from Tennessee.

Key facts about the Second Battle of Independence, which was fought on October 22, 1864, during the Civil War.

Fought on October 22, 1864, the Second Battle of Independence was the fourth major engagement during Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864.

The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America on April 30, 1864, during the Civil War and ended in a Union victory. It was the final battle of Union General Frederick Steele's failed Camden Expedition.

Fought on October 19, 1864, the Second Battle of Lexington was the second major engagement of Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864.

Key facts about the Second Battle of Lexington, fought on October 19, 1864,

Key facts about the Battle of Little Blue River Fought on October 21, 1864.

Fought on October 21, 1864, the Battle of Little Blue River was the third major engagement during Price's Missouri Expedition of 1864.

The Lynchburg Campaign was a Union military operation in Virginia from May through June 1864 and the first of three campaigns that formed the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. Confederate forces defeated General Franz Sigel at New Market, but General David Hunter resumed the Union advance and won at Piedmont. General Jubal Early stopped Hunter at Lynchburg and forced the Union army to retreat into West Virginia.

The Battle of Marks' Mills was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America on April 25, 1864, during the Civil War and ended in a Confederate victory. During the battle, Confederate soldiers captured "a large number" of blacks and pro-Union Arkansans who they subsequently "inhumanly butchered."

The Meridian Campaign was a Union military operation led by General William T. Sherman across Mississippi from February 3 to March 4, 1864. Sherman’s forces captured Meridian and destroyed railroads, bridges, locomotives, and other Confederate infrastructure, although William Sooy Smith’s cavalry failed to join him after Confederate forces defeated Smith at the Battle of Okolona. The Union victory demonstrated that Sherman’s army could operate deep in Confederate territory while living off the land.

Key facts about the Battle of Mine Creek, the largest Civil War conflict fought in Kansas, and one of the larger cavalry engagements of the war.

The Battle of Mine Creek was the largest Civil War conflict fought in Kansas, and one of the larger cavalry engagements of the war.